Motorola Corporation

Motorola Mobility LLC

Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy

Nokia Siemens Networks Oy

Nokia Technologies Oy

Other

Google Inc.

Google Technology Holdings LLC

Timothy A Thomas

Frederick W Vook

Kevin Lynn Baum

Bishwarup Mondal

Xiangyang Zhuang

Eugene Visotsky

Mark Conrad Cudak

Amitabha Ghosh

Vijay Nangia

Philippe J Sartori

Rapeepat Ratasuk

Fan Wang

Brian Keith Classon

Robert Mark Harrison

Anup K Talukdar

Thomas Peter Krauss

Thomas J Kovarik

Kiran Venugopal

Jun Tan

Alan P Rottinghaus

William J Hillery

Tzu-Chung Hsieh

Dennis Ogbe

Lisa M Waylor

Tina M Griffith

The exemplary embodiments of the invention provide at least a method and an apparatus to determine a beacon signal for a network node, where the network node is configured to connect with a cluster of access points in a wireless communication network, and where the beacon signal identifies the cluster; and send the beacon signal towards the wireless communication network. Further, the exemplary embodiments of the invention provide at least a method and an apparatus to determine a dominant access point of a cluster of access points based on signaling from at least one access point associated with the cluster of access points; and in response to the determining, direct communications towards the dominant access point of the cluster of access points.

Millimeter wave access architecture with cluster of access points

5G, New Radio (NR), numerology, receiver issues. The numerology scheme here consists in keeping the bandwidth constant but varying the subcarrier spacing (ie different tone spacing B for data and K*B for control channels), and correspondingly the symbol duration. Control symbols have a wider subcarrier separation but smaller symbol duration (In the case of beamforming reference signals, it would enable to train K beams in one symbol time period). Receiver issues: Embodiment 1 uses different Rx chains for data and control channels with different FFT sizes (size differing by factor K). Embodiment 2 uses a common identical FFT size (the one of the data channel) for both control and data: For the control channel, either repeat each control symbol K times prior to FFT and performs down-sampling afterwards and repeat it for each control symbol, or performs joint processing and FFT for all K control symbols jointly by either time domain linear combination or post FFT frequency processing.

Frequency-domain transmitters and receivers which adapt to different subcarrier spacing configurations

A method is provided including determining, for each of a plurality of user equipments, a null cyclic prefix length for communication in a wireless network using null cyclic prefix single-carrier modulation; and communicating with at least one of the user equipments based at least partially on the determined null cyclic prefix length of the at least one user equipment.

Method for adapting the length of null cyclic prefix for a frequency-domain null cyclic prefix single carrier communication system

Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for determining transmit weights are provided. One method includes selecting users to pair for multi-user multiple input multiple output transmission, calculating multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) transmit weights in a communication system employing an analog electrically steered array with Q antennas, applying the multi-user multiple input multiple output weights to the transmitted signals, and transmitting the weighted signals from an antenna array. The calculating may include calculating the MU-MIMO transmit weights so that a sum of power across a same element of the selected users' weight vectors is equal on all of the antennas and one of either sum throughput across users or sum signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) across users is maximized.

Methods and apparatuses for transmit weights

A group of data symbols for a current block of data symbols in multiple blocks received over a communication channel is equalized, based on a pilot block, to generate a group of equalized symbols. The group of equalized symbols is de-rotated as a function of a current phase estimate to determine initial de-rotated equalized symbols. The phase estimate is an estimate of phase caused by noise for blocks previous to the current block. Additionally, a phase metric is calculated from real and imaginary parts of the initial de-rotated equalized symbols, wherein the phase metric estimates phase caused by noise for the current block. The current phase estimate is updated with the phase metric. The initial de-rotated equalized symbols are de-rotated by the phase metric to determine final equalized and de-rotated symbol estimates. The final equalized and de-rotated symbol estimates are output. Apparatus, methods, and computer program products are disclosed.

Phase noise tracking and reduction

Systems and techniques for carrier aggregated beamforming using elevation control. A base station determines a first elevation to be used for transmission to a user device using a first carrier, for example, based on information received from the user device. A second elevation, for transmission to the user device based on the second carrier, is determined based at least in part on the elevation information determined for the first carrier. The first and second carriers may be used by the same base station or by different base stations, and using elevation information determined for the first carrier to determine elevation information for the second carrier avoids computation and signaling needed for separate determination of the elevation information for the second carrier.

Methods and apparatus for beamforming

An example technique may include: receiving, by a mobile station from a base station, a plurality of copies of a broadcast information including a broadcast control message, wherein a copy of the broadcast information is transmitted via each of a plurality of basis function beams; determining, by the mobile station, a gain and phase value for each copy of at least a subset of the plurality of the received copies of the broadcast control message transmitted via different basis function beams. The technique may also include, for example, determining, by the mobile station, a combined broadcast control message based on at least the subset of the plurality of the received copies of the broadcast control message and the gain and phase value for each copy of at least the subset of the plurality of the received copies of the broadcast control message.

Use of basis functions for transmission of broadcast control information in a wireless network

Methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer program products for obtaining full channel knowledge between each transmitter and each receiver when using radio frequency (RF) beamforming are provided. One method described herein includes a method of obtaining channel knowledge at a transmitter with Q transmit antennas for use in beamforming where the transmitter transmits sounding waveforms from B orthogonal basis functions from a transmit array comprised of the Q transmit antennas. In response to the transmitted sounding waveforms the transmitter receives at least one feedback message from a receiver. The feedback message(s) may include an indication of the best Mbasis functions plus a gain and phase value for each of the Mbasis functions.

Radio frequency beamforming basis function feedback

A method and apparatus can be configured to transmit a number of azimuth antenna elements. The method can also comprise transmitting a number of elevation antenna elements. The method can also comprise receiving an azimuth precoder-matrix-indicator. The method can also comprise receiving an elevation precoder-matrix-indicator. The method can also comprise transmitting based on the received azimuth precoder-matrix-indicator and the received elevation precoder-matrix-indicator.

Method and apparatus for flexible product codebook signaling

Systems and techniques for elevation beam design. Characteristics, such as number, distribution, and geographical location of elements subject to interference by elevation beams of a base station are analyzed, and a configuration for an antenna array is determined so as to create a set of elevation beams directed so as to avoid interference with the elements subject to interference by the base station. Configuration may, for example, include configuration of the antenna array so as to create a set of elevation beams exhibiting nulls and sidelobes in appropriate locations and at appropriate angles so as to avoid interference.

Methods and apparatus for antenna elevation design

Methods, apparatuses and computer-readable storage media perform phasing of a first array including one or more antenna elements and phasing of a second array including one or more antenna elements to provide a combined radiation pattern for the first and second arrays, the first array having a first radiation pattern and the second array having a second radiation pattern, wherein the first radiation pattern is substantially orthogonal to the second radiation pattern. The combined radiation pattern is controlled in a first dimension based upon an uplink channel measurement. The combined radiation pattern is controlled in a second dimension based upon a precoding feedback from a user equipment (UE).

Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable storage media for performing multidimensional beamforming

An example technique may include controlling receiving a first block of time domain symbols and a second block of time domain symbols, converting the blocks of time domain symbols to the frequency domain to create a first pre-equalized block of frequency domain symbols and a second pre-equalized block of frequency domain symbols, respectively, applying, a linear phase shift to the frequency domain symbols to compensate for a conjugating and time-reversing of corresponding pre-spread domain symbols being performed at a transmitter before spreading of the pre-spread domain symbols, and creating a first equalized block of frequency domain symbols and a second equalized block of frequency domain symbols as a function of the first and second pre-equalized blocks of frequency domain symbols wherein at least one of the first and second pre-equalized blocks of frequency domain symbols has the linear phase shift applied.

Space-time coding for zero-tail spread OFDM system in a wireless network

Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for random access channel (RACH) design using basis functions are provided. One method includes receiving, at an access point employing a receiver with Q antennas, a random access channel (RACH) preamble sent from a mobile unit. The receiving may comprise receiving the same RACH preamble at B different time intervals where the access point beamforms with a different beam selected from B basis function beams at each of the different time intervals.

Random access channel using basis functions

Communication systems may employ transmission of feedback information and responses thereto, on a wireless connection such as a millimeter wave connection. The feedback information itself may be used to influence the beamforming or beam direction used for the transmission of the feedback information. A method can comprise determining a feedback indicator regarding reception of a transmitted waveform. The method can also comprise tailoring, for example beamforming, a signal for transmitting the feedback indicator based on a content of the feedback indicator.

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Timothy A Thomas